Opinions and experiences from Supply Chain Professionals

CSCMP EDGE. If this combination of words means anything to you, you’re way ahead in your professional supply chain career. If you’re not familiar with it yet, don’t worry. I was in the same boat before and now I’m here writing[...]

I have been helping my customers with actionable and tangible strategies on sustainability. Being a long time and active CSCMP member has helped me keeping track of global developments, and enriched my global network on this topic. And although [...]

What is the common success factor between a major semiconductor manufacturer, a global logistics provider, a high-profit cargo airline and the biggest courier in one of the fastest growing EU member - countries? Big data!
NXP, Brussels Airlines, [...]

The supply chain industry isn’t known for being a first adopter – it’s still learning to use data, leverage mobile devices and take advantage of the sharing economy. This might be changing though.
Last week, eft attended the CSCMP [...]

To make sure your supply chain will remain in the best possible shape, it is vital to hire, train, retain and commit the best possible people for the positions you have or will have. Most organizations have set up one or more routes to hire the best [...]

Recently on December 16th, CSCMP Benelux closed and celebrated a very exiting year. It was a year to be proud of with many achievements. To name a few: we established and registered our CSCMP foundation. We had 4 events on trending supply chain [...]

In an earlier article on this website you could have read that I, Iris Kauffeld, won a trip to the annual conference in San Diego. In this blog I will share some of my experiences during the conference with you.
This year's annual conference took [...]

Attending a professional conference is always something that you know it will require an extra-effort before and after it to cope with day-to-day responsibilities ... And that´s exactly why so many professionals and executives have no time to attend[...]

The replacement of 34 million airbags that the automotive part manufacturer Takata has to execute in what is one of the biggest recalls ever, cannot easily be underestimated. Apparently, the airbag inflators were not properly sealed leading to [...]

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